Fountain-brush.



- H. SEMP'LE.

FouNTAlN'BRusH.

APPLICATON FLED DEC- 19|4.

Patented. may 1916;

' Be it-known that I, HARRY UNITED STATES PATENT @wie HARRY SEMPLE, F ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI, ASSIGriNOR T0 THE- DIAGRAPH COMPANY,

"0F ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI, A CORPORATION 0E MISSOURI.

FOUNTAIN-BRUSH;

'Specification' of Letters Patent.

Patented May 3, 1915.

IApplication led December 7, 1914. Serial No. 875,932.

To all wlw/m, t may concern SEMPLE, a Icitizen of the United States, and residing at St.

Louis, in the State of Missouri, have' in vented certain new and use-ful Improvements in VFountain-Brushes, of whiclI the following is a'specication. I

This invention relates/,to brushes, and more particularly, to fountain brushes, in which the material used is stored in the font or reservoir, and fed to the brush element` or tuft. ,l s

. Sonie of the objects of this invention are to construct a fountain brush which will accurately and positively feed the 'contents of the font to the'brush, and in which the quan-v knot clog, which will not leak, which can be tities fed can be regulated and controlled by shaking the brush.

Further obiects are to construct a fountain brush in which the operating parts will carried in the pocket and will not soil either the pocket or the hands, and which is simple in construction and operation, and cheap to manufacture. Further objects will appear from the detail description taken in'connection with the accompanying drawing, in which:

Figure 1 is a side elevation of a fountain brush embodying this invention; 2 is a longitudinal vertical section; Fig. 3 is a.

section oi lthe line 3-3, Fig. 2; Fig. 4f is a longitudinal vertical section of. a brush, showing another embodiment of this inven tion; and, Fig. 5 is a section on the line 5-, Fig. 4. l

Referring to the accompanying drawing, 1() designates a hollow handle having one end thereof closed to form a reservoir or font. A socket 11 has a. reduced part 12 threaded into the other end oi' the font, and

1 this socket has a recess 13 therein opening into the font. A brush element sleeve 1i,

l havingbristles 15 and a tube 16, is threaded into the socket piece, a washei" 17. being inf terposed to form a good ]oint.

A valve 18 has a stein 19, passing through Athe hole in the socket piece forming the valve seat for the valve, and the other end of the stem has riveted thereto a `head oi' piston 20. A light spring 21 eiicircles the valve stem and bears, at one end, against ,the head or piston 20, and, at its other end, against -the socket piece, so as to normally hold the valve closed. y The head. or piston is slightly smaller in diameter than'the inside diameter, of the font 19,'and is recessed or notched at its periphery, as shown at 22, so

as to provide a clear space or spaces between v and enter the tutt. This opening of the valve is caused partly by the inertiaof the head 20,

and partly by the movement and inertia of the liquid in the font. The` head 20 is made heavy enough so as to possess considerable inertia, and is, furthermore, spaced laterally from the walls of the font, by making it of smaller diameter than the font, and by providing the recesses 22, which permit the liquid to flow past the head to the valve. As

this liquid moves when the brush is shaken,

the head Q0 will move with it, and the movement of this head will, in `turn, open the valve. The more violent the movement, the greater will, of course, bey the opening of the valve, and the greater will be the amount of liquid fed to the tuft.

In theconstruction shown in Figs. 4 and 5, the font 30 is, as in Figs. 1, 9. and 3, provided with a socket 31, carrying the valve 32, valve stem 33, head 3l, and thelight spring 35. These part-s are of substantially the same constructionas in the other embodiment, and the head 311 is, in this case, also of smaller diameter than the font, and is also provided with recesses 36 in its circumference. The socket piece 31 has screwed thereon ay sleeve 37 havingattached thereto, or formed thereon, a tube 3S, which receives the corrugated sleeve 39 carrying the tuft 40. The tube 38 is flanged over or reduced at its lower end, as shown at i5, so as to engage the tuft.

- brush yis in use,jthe cap is placed in the deonly necessary to 'shake' the brush, the

pression 44, with the open'end out, as shown in Fig. 4, thus preventing any drippings from the brush, which may have accumulated inv the cap, being discharged into the depression 44 or over the surface "of .the rear end of the font.

The gene-ral operation of this brush is substantially the same as that ofthe other embodiment, and a detail vdescription of its operation will, therefore, be unnecessary. The liquid, passing by the valve, enters between the corrugated sleeve) and thetube 38, and passes to the tuft, the reduced part 45 insuring a. gradualfeed. lVhen'the brush is not in use, thetuft is'covered by the cap 41, this cap being inserted into the end of the brush font when the brush is in use.

This 'construction is especially suitable for small brushes. It Will,therefore, be seen that the invention accomplishes its objects. A device is produced which has minimum of movingparts, and is simple in construction, as well as operation. In oi dei;` to feed the liquid to the brush element, or tuft, it is amount fedv being governed by the extent of theshaking movement. The operator, therefore, need'not depressa valve actuating .memben Moreover, since the liquid can only 4be fed to vthe brush When it is held With theltuft down, there-is no liability of failure to feed on account of the liquid being 4[in the upper end of the font, as in those constructions Where a button the like is used to operate thevalve. The brush can' Vbe readily filled, andcan, also, be readily cleaned by simply removing the socket, together with the mechanism attached thereto.

It is obvious that various changes may be made in the details of construction Without departing from ,the spirit of this invention, and it is, therefore, to be understood that this invention is not to be limited to the specificconstruction shown and described.

YHaving thus describedtheinvention, what I i is claimed is: 4

1.l A fountain brushcompri'sing a font, a brush element, a valve betvleensaid parts,

a momentum member Within the font, said' member being constructed and arranged for operation, by movement of the liquid in the font, to open vthe valve, and means' for norl mally closing the valve.

2. A fountain brush comprising a font, a brush element, a valve between said parts, a

and connected with said valve, said head 'beingl constructed and arranged foroperation, by. movement of the liquid in the font, to

-movable head positioned vWithin the font open the valve, and means fornormally closing the latter.

' 3. A fountain brush comprising a font, a brush element,` a valve between said part-s,

ahead positioned Within .the font and havlin the presence of these two witnesses.

- HARRY SEMPLE.

' AR'rrrUR B. CREMER,

FRANKLIN MILLER. 

